Opinion on baby girl name

[ThePerkyPlayer]

Not sure yet but what's your opinions on the name 'Lorena' I think it's uncommon but still elegant and timeless. What's your suggestions and what middle name would be good?

Love the names thank you

I know a Lauren called Lori.

I don't dislike Lorena but much prefer Lauren? And the nn still works.

I also love Laura, which I think is really pretty and hasn't been used much for ages.

ETA and Lori is a cute nn. The Lauren I know spells it Laurie.

Only Lorena I have heard of is Lorena Bobbie who chopped of her husband’s penis. Not an association I’d want really

Yes, me too.

And YY, pronounced Lor-AY-na.

It would normally be pronounced LorAYna in the US, where it's popular in Hispanic areas.

Lori would be a very dated nickname. The only Lori's I know are in.their 60s.

I still don't fully know how to say - Lorena.

Is it like Lauren with an a at the end. LOR-en-uh?
Or is it like Sophia Loren. Lo-REN-uh?
Or is it like Lorna. LOR-n-uh?

It is a nice name.

Lorena Sophie
Lorena Jane
Lorena Iris
Lorena Mariette
Lorena Grace

lol I thought the same !

Lorena and Loretta both make me think of an older American woman with bright lipstick and brassy hair but a heart of gold. Honestly, I don't really like either of them, although I've heard worse.

Yes and it’s also a name…

I don’t mind it and think Lori is a lovely nickname

I know some young Loris/Lauries - from Lauren, which I don't think is dated.

It's more one of those names that is never in, so never out.

I think it's a really pretty name. I've definitely heard of it, but it's not common.

@Calliopespa , Lauren is very early 1990s. It was a top 10 name then (#2 in 1994), but only 38 Laurens registered in 2024.

It's more one of those names that is never in, so never out.
Not true. It's dated.

I must have missed that brief bubble of them.

I know one who would be mid fifties, one late thirties, a teen and a nine year old, so to me it seems quite a spread. It always seems quite an isolated usage to me, unlike the Susans, Louises and Olivias et al.

Interestingly @Slothey felt similarly: I really like Lauren. Never quite popular enough to feel dated now, I think

It's definitely dated. Look at the ONS figures if you don't believe me.
Top 100 baby names in England and Wales: historical data - Office for National Statistics
Lauren

I not "not believing", just having a discussion.

It was the name that Kevin and Sally Webster chose for their PFB, but everybody kept saying 'Laura?'. Sally got fed up with correcting them,
so they called the baby Rosie instead.

I think it depends on where you live, your age, and the type of people you know.
I don't know anyone called Isla or Ivy, and never hear the names when out and about, but the names are hugely popular.

Love them names but my niece is Isla

Red lorry, yellow lorry

I used to look after a lovely lady called Laurina and I think its a beautiful name.

Or a pure and gifted heroine in one of Shakespeare's lesser known plays!

Everyone over 40 (maybe 50) will just think Bobbit 🤣😬 🔪 🍆